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    tennis is to 'scottish' what fiscal responsability is to 'greek'.

    i have a cousin who's on a scholarship in the U.S trying to go 'pro tennis'. it makes me uncomfortable watching her play in those tiny skirts.

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    Press in Australia has been a bit over all this. "Worst Wimbledon since 1938" and stuff like that since all the men got knocked out in round one. One even had some old tennis bloke blaming it on Sydney house prices.

    But even to a casual tennis follower like me, I knew there wasn't much more to hope for. Hewitt is a million years old and was only good really young at any rate, anyways he played very well vs Tsonga. Tomic on the other hand was terrible, come on at least try. Stosur was a bit more of a disappointment but she's getting on a bit too.


    Still, Australia hasn't had much in mens tennis since Rafter was still around and before Hewitt got married the first time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shiodome View Post
    tennis is to 'scottish' what fiscal responsability is to 'greek'.

    i have a cousin who's on a scholarship in the U.S trying to go 'pro tennis'. it makes me uncomfortable watching her play in those tiny skirts.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shiodome View Post
    tennis is to 'scottish' what fiscal responsability is to 'greek'.

    i have a cousin who's on a scholarship in the U.S trying to go 'pro tennis'. it makes me uncomfortable watching her play in those tiny skirts.

    Wear looser pants then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Me View Post
    Press in Australia has been a bit over all this. "Worst Wimbledon since 1938" and stuff like that since all the men got knocked out in round one. One even had some old tennis bloke blaming it on Sydney house prices.

    But even to a casual tennis follower like me, I knew there wasn't much more to hope for. Hewitt is a million years old and was only good really young at any rate, anyways he played very well vs Tsonga. Tomic on the other hand was terrible, come on at least try. Stosur was a bit more of a disappointment but she's getting on a bit too.


    Still, Australia hasn't had much in mens tennis since Rafter was still around and before Hewitt got married the first time.

    To be fair to Stosur she's never been a grass-court player. Tomic is a prick though. His retirement in Halle against Tommy Haas told me all i needed to know about him and his interest in competing. Hewitt's a prick for non-tennis reasons but at least with him you're going to get more effort than anyone else in the game.

    But don't you have a young, extremely talented girl from Melbourne to fly your flag for the next 10 years? I think her name is Laura Robson or something. Oh wait...

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChaeDoc II View Post
    But don't you have a young, extremely talented girl from Melbourne to fly your flag for the next 10 years? I think her name is Laura Robson or something. Oh wait...
    It's ok, we just need to wait for a decent Croatian kid to pop up in the junior comps over there then offer them a place at the Australian Institute of Sport.

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    peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew
    peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew
    peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew

    the cancer that is killing women's tennis. seriously you don't hear that shit coming from the men's courts.

    and jesus, how did 4 merkins make it to 3rd round? this is pitiful.
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    Tennis was always a bit too much back and forth for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pratell View Post
    peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew
    peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew
    peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew

    the cancer that is killing women's tennis. seriously you don't hear that shit coming from the men's courts.
    eh?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChaeDoc II View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by pratell View Post
    peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew
    peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew
    peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew

    the cancer that is killing women's tennis. seriously you don't hear that shit coming from the men's courts.
    eh?
    Think he's referring to this:

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChaeDoc II View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by pratell View Post
    peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew
    peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew
    peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew

    the cancer that is killing women's tennis. seriously you don't hear that shit coming from the men's courts.
    eh?
    Guessing it's from the groaning/screaming etc from the womens games because they "need to do it to get more power in their shots." I would challenge any of them to play just a single game with only making minimal sounds, I mean granted there's going to be the occasional grunt of effort but to make that godawful noise every single bastard time you hit the fucking ball? come on...
    Granted some of the blokes do it as well, thinking more about Nadal who tends to do it on occasions although that's not a problem now although I don't think it's anywhere near as prevelant or consistent (or it could just be more noticable in the women's games).

    Edit: curses, beaten.
    Last edited by Steve the Pirate; June 30 2012 at 09:48:45 AM. Reason: Beaten and he even had time to get a vid clip in too

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    The cancer that is killing women's tennis is women playing tennis.

    It's fucking unbearable to watch them double-fault games away and get a couple shot rallies.

    Then you get the lumbering apes the Williams sisters.

    On another annoying side is that I can't get Wimbledon HD coverage because the channel that covers it isn't included in the fucking $100 dollar TV package through Rogers because TSN isn't included.

    What happened to NBC covering Wimbledon? I hate the commentators but shit, at least I could watch Wimbledon.

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    Just stream it you scrub. Why on earth would you pay that much for tv channels with all the stuff available on the internet?

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    First Brit into the Gentleman's Singles Final at Wimbledon for 74 years. Fuck the fuck Yeah!

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    Yep - grats to him, despite still being a prick
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    If you stop the women moaning, you might as well go the whole hog & stop them wearing skirts that barely cover their hips etc. At that point all that's left is watching women play sport, & nobody does that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by filingo View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Shiodome View Post
    tennis is to 'scottish' what fiscal responsability is to 'greek'.

    i have a cousin who's on a scholarship in the U.S trying to go 'pro tennis'. it makes me uncomfortable watching her play in those tiny skirts.
    pics?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChaeDoc II View Post
    First Brit into the Gentleman's Singles Final at Wimbledon for 74 years. Fuck the fuck Yeah!
    Confirming he is now british, not scottish.
    Quote Originally Posted by Virtuozzo
    The evolution of the meme. From shipspinning to meatspinning.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lorkin Desal View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by ChaeDoc II View Post
    First Brit into the Gentleman's Singles Final at Wimbledon for 74 years. Fuck the fuck Yeah!
    Confirming he is now british, not scottish.
    Until he looses in straight sets to Federer then he is Scottish again!

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